Ald. John Fowke

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THIS IS MY FAMILY. I JUST COMPLETED MY NARRATIVE OF THE N.C. DESCENDANTS. 0550 - 2006..WOULD LIKE TO CHAT.LUCY FOWLKES DAUGTHER OF WILLIAM MORTIMER FOWLKES- SON OF WILLIAM MORTIMER FOWLKES- SON OF WILLIAM STEPHEN FOWLKES - SON OF JOHN H. FOOKSSON OF WILLIAM FOLKS/FOOKS- SON OF JOHN FOWKES SON OF JOHN SON OF JAMES SON OF WILLIAM ETC ETC

FOLKE, John (d.1662), lord mayor, 1652-3; imprisoned for refusing to pay tonnage and poundage, 1627-9; sheriff of London and leader of city parliamentarians, 1643; fined and imprisoned for conduct as a commissioner of customs, 1648; M.P. for the city, 1661; benefactor of Bethlehem and Christ's hospitals.---Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome. S. Lee, 1906.